Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-10-15
TRYING TO CAPTURE cARLoTTA.
Mexican Generals Story of His Att tempt to Take tho Empress Prisoner.

A Mexican Generals Story of His Att
 tempt to Take tho Empress Prisoner.
 In 1873 was coming from the City of Mexico to Fl Paso, Tex, and by chance met Gen. Allrellano, who is now a menl- Der of the national congress in the City of Mexico. We began to talk of the in- provements of the country and on other topics. When we passed the City ot Oueretaro, where Maximilian was made prisoner, I mentioned the incident about the Empress Carlotta in 1866, and he said: '.Yes, it was 1 who made the at- tempt to capture her." ''Will you ex- plain to me how it was, and what your intentions were, generCl?'' 'Yes, he answered. "You may remember" he said, ''the decree of Oct. 3, 1865, issued by Maximilian and his ministers, and which read: Every Mexican caught with any weapon in his hands shall be consid- cred as bandit and shall be executed immediately It is said that Maximilian himself was opposed to this decree, but, influenced by Bazaine and the Empress Carlotta, was compelled to issue it. Now, by this merciless law we lost the bravest of our soldiers and the best of our generals.
 ''In May of 1856 the well known and perhaps the best of our guerrilleros, Nicolas Romero, was taken prisoner in Jalisco and brought to the City of | Mexico, where, together with others, he was to be shot on the 9th of June. had a great regard for this man, brave in bat tie and merciful with his prisoners, and l resolved, at the risk of my life, to save him. was commanding 1000 men; my headquarters was the Mount of San Juan, which you know is not far from the capital; chose sixty of my bravest men, and, favored by the darkness of the night of the 5th of June, led them through the forests of the road connecting the castle of Chapuftepec with the capital; hid my men and myself in small river along the road; knew the empress had to pass between the hours of 6 and 2 il the morning, as she was accustomed tC
 take a ride every morning at that houl
 from the city to the castle. My intention
 was to capture her, and by doing that
 was sure to rescue my great friend.
 also knew she had with her ten or twelv,
 men, but I had six times that numbet
 and what gave me confidence was thes
 did not expect such an attack.
 q waited. The hour came, and
 said to my soldiers: Don't hurt tn
 woman on a white horse, but try to cap
 ture her. Just then Charlotta came il
 sight, and with the cry 90 ssy men
 For Mexico' we sprang to the bed c
 the road, and hand in hand struggl at once began. The empress, to my SUI
 prise, instead of fleeing toward the castle as I expected she would, turned to th city. I followed her closely-very closely I was about to catch the tail of he horse, but by that time I was at the gat 7 of the city, and before 200 or mol French soldiers, who were thunderstruc at the sight of their empress passing liB l lightning between them. The captai 5 commanding this body of soldiers W; l Boulanger I took advantage of the
 surprise and returned to my men. IT empress owed her life to the beautif
 mare. Indeed, that mare beat my hor and saved her mistress. When 1 reacht the place where my men were, all u s French soldiers with the exception e one, the captain, were lying on the roa a some killed, others wounded, and u woman was lying also on a zarape e one of my soldiers. I told the captain IS take care of his companions and t It woman, and ordered my soldiers to l It treat to the Mount of San Juan. W le unsuccessful, but even now I feel co n scious of having done all in my power IL rescue a dear friend. D
 The general was so affected that
 not press the subject any further.
 c. Olivares in Cincinnati Commerc
 Gazette.